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Waldorf Astoria

Date
1914-10-16
Restaurant
Waldorf Astoria
Physical description
23x14cm folded; 23x28cm open
Currency
Dollars

Pages

  1. Page 1
  2. Page 2
  3. Page 3
  4. Page 4

Dishes

Page 2

Grapefruit$0.35
Plums$0.35
Plums$0.35
Comice Pear$0.25
Sliced pineapple$0.25
Morocco Grapes$0.40
Malaga grapes$0.40
Tokay Grapes$0.40
Bananas$0.20
Concord Grapes$0.35
Niagara Grapes$0.35
Delaware Grapes$0.35
California Orange$0.15
Orange Juice$0.20 – $0.35
Hawaiian Pineapple Juice$0.20 – $0.35
Baked Apple$0.25
Crab Apples$0.35
PRUNES$0.25
Apple Sauce$0.25
Pear$0.30
Stewed Peaches$0.30
(cream 10 cents extra)$0.10
Preserved Stewed Fruits$0.25
Individual Home Made Marmalade$0.25
Grapefruit Marmalade$0.20
Orange marmalade$0.20
Fruit Melange$0.25
Orange Blossom Honey$0.25
Satsuma Plums$0.35
Honey in the Comb$0.25
Pineapple Preserves$0.25
Pear Preserves$0.25
Peach Preserves$0.25
Fig Preserves$0.25
Strawberry Preserves$0.25
Quince Preserves$0.25
Crab Apple Jelly$0.25
Grape Jelly$0.25
Skinless Figs in Syrup$0.30
Individual Guava Jelly$0.30
Currant Jelly$0.25
Pickled Peaches$0.30
Brandied Peach$0.30
Brandied Pineapple$0.30
Brandied Pear$0.30
Brandied cherries$0.30
Brandied Figs$0.30
Blackberry jam$0.20
Raspberry jam$0.20
Strawberry jam$0.20
Damson Jam$0.20
Apricot jam$0.20
Peach Jam$0.20
Old Fashion Buckwheat Cakes$0.25
CRUMPETS$0.20
Plain toast$0.15
Crown Buns$0.15
Cream toast$0.35
Dipped Toast$0.20
English Muffins$0.15
Brioches$0.15
Bread and Butter Per Person$0.10
Rolls and Butter Per Person$0.10
Wheat Cakes$0.25
Rice Cakes$0.25
Corn Cakes$0.25
Milk toast$0.20
Amsterdam Toast$0.20
Zwieback$0.15
Butter Crescents$0.15
Pop-Overs$0.15
Oatmeal with milk$0.30
oatmeal with cream$0.35
Puffed Rice with Milk$0.30
Puffed Rice with Cream$0.35
Corn Flakes with Milk$0.30
Corn Flakes with Cream$0.35
Grape Nuts with Milk$0.30
Grape Nuts with Cream$0.35
Wheatena with Milk$0.30
Wheatena with cream$0.35
Fried Hominy with Milk$0.30
Fried Hominy with Cream$0.35
Boiled Rice with Milk$0.30
Boiled Rice with Cream$0.35
Shredded Wheat with Milk$0.30
Indian meal mush with milk$0.30
Baltimore Hominy with Milk$0.30
Triscuit with Milk$0.30
Force with Milk$0.30
Fried with Ham$0.60
Boiled$0.25
Fried with Bacon$0.50
Fine Herbs$0.40
Spanish omelette$0.50 – $0.65
Ham omelette$0.50
Omelette with kidneys$0.50
Virginia Ham Omelette$0.50 – $0.75
Shirred Eggs$0.30
Shirred Eggs with Brown Butter$0.35
Poached on toast$0.35
hominy with milk$0.30
Hominy with cream$0.35
Triscuit with Cream$0.35
Baltimore Hominy with Cream$0.35
Force with Cream$0.35
Indian Meal Mush with Cream$0.35
Shredded Wheat with Cream$0.35
Scrambled Eggs, plain$0.35 – $0.45
Scrambled eggs with asparagus tips$0.45 – $0.65
Scrambled Eggs with mushrooms$0.50 – $0.75
Omelette with mushrooms$0.50 – $0.90
Scrambled Eggs with smoked beef$0.45 – $0.65
Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes$0.45 – $0.65
Omelette, plain$0.35 – $0.45
Omelette with chicken livers$0.50 – $0.75
Omelette with tomatoes$0.45 – $0.65

Page 3

Trout$0.50
Salt mackerel$0.50
Fresh Mackerel$0.75
Spanish mackerel$0.35
Finnan Haddie$0.40
Kippered Herring$0.50
Smoked Salmon$0.40
Halibut$0.35
Fresh Salmon$0.40
Fillet of Sole$0.40
Weakfish$0.35
English Bloater$0.30
Kingfish$0.45
Fresh Codfish$0.35
Codfish in Cream$0.50
Codfish Cake$0.30
Bluefish$0.40
Whitefish$0.35
Soft Shell Crabs$0.50
Porgies$0.35
Sea bass$0.45
Scrod$0.60
Fried Scallops, Tartare sauce$0.60
Smelts$0.40
Perch$0.35
Double Tenderloin$1.50
Tenderloin$0.90
Beefsteak$1.00
Beefsteak with Bacon$1.20
Sirloin Steak$1.50
Beefsteak, Minute$0.90
Salisbury Steak$0.90
Mutton Chop$0.40
Lamb Chops$0.80 – $0.45
Pork Chop$0.35
Sweetbread$0.65
English mutton chop$0.75
Veal Chop$0.40
Broiled Chicken (half)$1.00
Squab Chicken (half)$0.80
Broiled Ham$0.35
Heart's Delight Ham$0.35
Virginia Ham$0.50
Veal Kidney$0.60
bacon$0.25
Irish Bacon$0.50
Beechnut Bacon$0.30
Chicken hash$1.00
Corned Beef Hash$0.30
deerfoot sausages$0.35
Kidneys in brochette$0.40
Calf's Liver and Bacon$0.40
Chipped Beef in Cream$0.60
Spare Ribs$0.35
Sausage Cake$0.35
Lamb Hash$0.85
country sausages$0.35
pig's feet$0.35
Honey Comb Tripe$0.25
Stewed$0.60
Heart's Delight Sausage$0.35
Paille$0.20
Saute$0.20
Hashed browned$0.20
Baked (1) Potato$0.15
Lyonnaise$0.20
Stewed$0.20
Julienne$0.20
Hashed Cream$0.20
George Washington Coffee$0.25
Coffee with Milk$0.25
Postum$0.35
Special Coffee$0.35
Kumyss$0.25
English Breakfast Tea with cream$0.35
Extra Special Heavy Cream$0.15
Malted Milk$0.25
Cocoa with Whipped Cream$0.30
Briarcliff Milk, pint$0.20
Instant Postum$0.25
Apollinaris$0.15 – $0.40
Johannis$0.25 – $0.40
Buttermilk, pint$0.15
Coffee with Cream$0.35
Heart's Delight Sausage Cake$0.35
Boiled (2) Potatoes$0.15
Oolong tea with cream$0.35
Ceylon tea with cream$0.35
Broma with whipped cream$0.30
Chocolate with whipped cream$0.30

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

16,525 menus · 64,352 scanned pages · 1851–2008 · uncatalogued scans

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